Misc
The youngest Tamil actor to win a National Award for Best Actor.
Danush
The first Tamil film song composed entirely using electronic synthesizers.
Oh Butterfly
The earliest Tamil film to explicitly employ Italian Neorealist narrative techniques.
Pasi
This 1993 political satire was shelved for years before its eventual release.
Amaithi Padai
This Carnatic raga-based song features no percussion instruments.
Ragangal 16
A Tamil film whose narrative unfolds entirely between two railway stations.
Katradhu Tamizh
The only Tamil film to win the Golden Lotus and the Filmfare Best Film (South).
Thavamai Thavamirundhu
The first Tamil film song recorded abroad.
Ayiram nilave vaa
This song’s notation is preserved in the Saraswati Mahal Library.
Oru Naal Podhuma
The only Tamil film to be officially submitted to the Oscars twice.
Jeans
The only Tamil film song to be auctioned as a vinyl collector’s item.
Vennilave Vennilave
This 1978 experimental Tamil film was shot entirely without artificial lighting.
Aval Appadithan
A single-take climax shot in real time made this 2011 Tamil film famous.
Aranya Kandam
The earliest known Tamil film song to incorporate Western opera-style vocals.
Naan oru sindhu
The first Tamil film to credit a “Sound Designer” instead of a music director.
Aranya Kandam